Greenway Hubs

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Publication_Date:200712

Title:

Greenway Hubs

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:vector digital data

Description:

Abstract:

Hubs are areas that have a high natural resource value such as large intact forests or abundant wildlife. They have little fragmentation and include unfragemented forests and farmland. Hubs are both undisturbed natural lands and adjacent protected lands such as state parks, forests or state game lands. The hubs and corridors are the major concentration of the map and serve as the core conservation areas in the PA Highlands Greenway. The hub and spoke system was created by AMC by combining the results of two analysis techniques, stronghold analysis and the Natural Lands Trust’s Smart ConservationTM.. Stronghold analysis identifies areas that are least affected by man-made disturbances such as roads and fragmentation of the natural landscape while Smart Conservation determines the ecological health of an area. The combination of these two analyses in conjunction with the knowledge of local stakeholders was used to prioritize core conservation areas.

Purpose:

To illustrate a hub and corridor greenway of threatened land in the Pennsylvania Highlands.

Supplemental_Information:

Funding was financed in part by a grant from the Community Conservation Partnerships Program, Environmental Stewardship Fund, under the administration of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Conservation as well as the William Penn Foundation.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Currentness_Reference:

publication date

Status:

Progress:Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate:-77.577728

East_Bounding_Coordinate:-75.045604

North_Bounding_Coordinate:40.674947

South_Bounding_Coordinate:39.715702

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:None

Theme_Keyword:Hubs

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:None

Place_Keyword:Pennsylvania

Place_Keyword:Highlands

Access_Constraints:None

Use_Constraints:

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Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:Appalachian Mountain Club

Contact_Position:GIS Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type:mailing address

Address:

520 Long St. 

City:Bethlehem

State_or_Province:PA

Postal_Code:18018

Country:United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone:609-818-9101

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:amcpahighlands@outdoors.org

Data_Set_Credit:

A project of the Appalachian Mountain Club in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Committee of the Highlands Coalition.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7600) ; ESRI ArcGIS 10.0.4.4000

Data_Quality_Information:

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Thirty-meter National Land Cover Dataset pixels relating to forests, wetlands, and open water were identified and reclassified to equal the same value. All contiguous pixels totaling less than fifty Hectares on the ground were removed. A buffer was built around roads removing a 200 meters wide path from primary roads, and a 100 meters wide path around secondary roads. Multipart shapes were converted onto a single part, and all shapes were then dissolved onto one shape. The aggregate tool in Spatial Analyst was used with the following settings: Cell size: 10 Aggregation method:Minimum Expand Extent? Yes Use no value cells? Yes Polygons greater than 20 hectares are selected and combined with Natural Land Trust Smart Cinservation data to create strongholds. The USDA Forest Service highlands boundary was used to seperate the PA highlands into two regions. The highest ten percent of stronghold lands were extracted in the area defined by the Forest Service boundary. The highest five percent of stronghold lands were wxtracted in the remaining area, due to the high averages produced by Michaux State Forest. The two sets of data were comined, and a nearest neighbor analysis of 1000 meters was performed.

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method:Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type:GT-polygon composed of chains

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count:148

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian:0.9996

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian:-75.0

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin:0.0

False_Easting:500000.0

False_Northing:0.0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method:coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution:0.000000002220024164500956

Ordinate_Resolution:0.000000002220024164500956

Planar_Distance_Units:Meter

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name:D North American 1983

Ellipsoid_Name:GRS 1980

Semi-major_Axis:6378137.0

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label:Greenway_Hubs

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:FID

Attribute_Definition:

Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:Shape

Attribute_Definition:

Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:ID

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:GRIDCODE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:Acres

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type:mailing address

Address:

115 Land and Water building

City:University Park

State_or_Province:Pennsylvania

Postal_Code:16802

Country:United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone:(814) 865 - 8792

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:pasda@psu.edu

Distribution_Liability:

The USER shall indemnify, save harmless, and, if requested, defend those parties involved with the development and distribution of this data, their officers, agents, and employees from and against any suits, claims, or actions for injury, death, or property damage arising out of the use of or any defect in the FILES or any accompanying documentation. Those parties involved with the development and distribution excluded any and all implied warranties, including warranties or merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose and makes no warranty or representation, either express or implied, with respect to the FILES or accompanying documentation, including its quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. The FILES and documentation are provided "as is" and the USER assumes the entire risk as to its quality and performance. Those parties involved with the development and distribution of this data will not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the FILES or any accompanying documentation.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date:20120529

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:Appalachain Mountain Club

Contact_Person:Cathy Poppenwimer

Contact_Position:GIS Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type:Unknown

Address:

520 Long St.

City:Bethlehem

State_or_Province:PA

Postal_Code:18018

Country:UNITED STATES

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:amcpahighlands@outdoors.org

Metadata_Standard_Name:FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version:FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Access_Constraints:None

Metadata_Use_Constraints:

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN><SPAN>The Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) assumes no responsibility for errors, omissions, or any liability for damages resulting from use of any of the data. AMC makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, or reliability with respect to the data for any purpose. Any reliance placed on such information is strictly at the users own risk.</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>